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LUCETTA06

Mother tongue colleagues

Dear mother-tongue colleagues, I need your help. I was asked to translate these sentences, it ï¿½s the title of a scientific publication:
ANALYSIS OF TONOMETRIC CHANGES BY CONTINUOUS RECORDING CARRIED OUT THROUGH CONTACT LENSES IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO WATER DRINKING TEST, CORRELATION WITH TONOMETRIC CHANGES IN THE FELLOW EYE.

In your opinion, is the meaning clear enough? Are there any mistakes?Thanks,

Lucia.

26 Sep 2012

yanogator

Hi, Lucia,

I ï¿½m not going to attempt the whole thing, because it doesn ï¿½t make any sense to me (Not knowing what "tonometric" means is part of the problem). I don ï¿½t know what a water drinking test has to do with wearing contact lenses.

Here ï¿½s what I will contribute:

"a water drinking test"

We wouldn ï¿½t ever say "the fellow eye". I might suggest "the other eye", which doesn ï¿½t sound exactly right to me, but it ï¿½s the best I can come up with.

I might also say "and the correlation with..."

Bruce

26 Sep 2012

alexcure

Hi Lucia, it will help when you send us the original, Italian version (I am not a native speaker but I can ask my husband for help)

26 Sep 2012

LUCETTA06

Thanks Bruce for your suggestions.

A DRINKING TEST sounds better to me , too. It ï¿½s a test for people affected by glaucoma. It ï¿½s difficult to say what ï¿½tonometric ï¿½ means exactly, but that ï¿½s the word.

Big

Lucia.

26 Sep 2012

LUCETTA06

Thanks Alex,

this is the original version:ANALISI DELLE VARIAZIONI TONOMETRICHE MEDIANTE REGISTRAZIONE CONTINUA CON LENTE A CONTATTO IN SOGGETTI SOTTOPOSTI A TEST DA CARICO IDRICO, CORRELAZIONE CON VARIAZIONI TONOMETRICHE DELLï¿½OCCHIO ADELFO.

26 Sep 2012

alexcure

I ï¿½ll write more tomorrow, for now I have found the translation of the ï¿½occhio adelfo ï¿½:

http://ita.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/medical_general/674690-occhio_adelfo.html

26 Sep 2012

LUCETTA06

Yes, Alex, you are right, in fact, in Italian ï¿½ Occhio adelfo ï¿½ is also known as ï¿½ occhio controlaterale ï¿½.

26 Sep 2012

maryse peyï¿½

May "carico" mean "pressione" = "pression" or "mass" ? Maybe "compression" ?

Plenty of hugs my friend.

Maryse.

27 Sep 2012

alexcure

The ï¿½water-drinkingï¿½ test is fine: http://www.eyeworld.org/article-the-water-drinking-test-in-glaucoma

It would be more or less sth like that: THE ANALYSIS OF TONOMETRIC CHANGES VIA CONTINUOUS RECORDINGS CARRIED OUT WITH CONTACT LENSES IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO THE WATER-DRINKING TEST, AND THE CORRELATION WITH TONOMETRIC CHANGES IN THE CONTRALATERAL EYE

27 Sep 2012

LUCETTA06

Thank you Maryse and Alex for your help, I think it ï¿½s perfect now. Not easy to translate into scientific laguage and find the most appropriate word.

Thanks again,

Lucia.

27 Sep 2012

yanogator

I think I ï¿½d stick with "the other eye", since we only have two, so there ï¿½s the one being studied, and the other one. I think "contralateral" (meaning on the opposite side) is far too formal a word, even for a piece of medical writing.

Bruce

27 Sep 2012

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